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Fr. Brian Carpenter on "Same-Sex Marriage" www.youtube.com/channel/UCEj7HRojqXhuFi… Jun 25, 2011 Fr. Brian Carpenter offers a Catholic perspective on New York's recent attempt to revise the definition …More
Fr. Brian Carpenter on "Same-Sex Marriage"
www.youtube.com/channel/UCEj7HRojqXhuFi… Jun 25, 2011 Fr. Brian Carpenter offers a Catholic perspective on New York's recent attempt to revise the definition of Marriage.
Fr. Carpenter
I am a priest of the Diocese of Rochester, NY. I am not certain what the Archdiocese of NY did. So I don't want to speculate on that.
We probably needed to have a statewide campaign encompassing all NY dioceses that provided the people with education and concrete actions that they could take. Unfortunately this was not done. I don't pretend to know the logistics behind this, or how it could have …More
I am a priest of the Diocese of Rochester, NY. I am not certain what the Archdiocese of NY did. So I don't want to speculate on that.

We probably needed to have a statewide campaign encompassing all NY dioceses that provided the people with education and concrete actions that they could take. Unfortunately this was not done. I don't pretend to know the logistics behind this, or how it could have been done.

I saw a lot of posts on social media sites, which is what ultimately led to this video. I also added some articles to WorkingToBeatHell.org, where I am the Editor-In-Chief. But in terms of broader, diocesan wide or archdiocesan wide effort, that did not happen and is an area where we truly need to learn to 1. Work together and 2. act promptly when such issues arise. Again, I don't know if the Bishops discussed this, if they thought each diocese should do it's own thing, or if they tried to do something and it just didn't get filtered down fast enough.

Peace,

Fr. Brian Carpenter